In the Factory you are given a selection of six Pokemon at the start of each
round. You will be able to look up their stats and pick three Pokemon based
on what you would believe is a balanced team. A Factory worker will give you
information on your opponents such as the type they are using or the general
battle style they use making it easier to choose your Pokemon. Here is what
each of the styles mean. (Thanks to Serebii's creator for most of this info)

Based on total perception: Uses moves to boost stats (e.g. Swords Dance)

The battles themselves are straightforward, except for the fact that you must
adapt your battle style to use Pokemon you are unfamiliar with. Should you
win your battle you will have the option of trading in one of your Pokemon
for one of your opponents defeated ones. On your final match you will be not
be given the choice to trade and when you take your next challenge you will
use different rental Pokemon.

General Tips for Factory

-When you first pick your first three Pokemon do not take them at face value.
Look at their personality, stats and attacks. Keep in mind that many of these
Pokemon are not at their full potential (e.g. Special sweeping Gyarados)

-Knowing standard sets makes choosing the right Pokemon a lot easier. If you
don't know them learn them so you'll be able to tell decent Pokemon from poor
ones. Tend to go for tried and tested standards such as Breloom with Spore
and Focus Punch or a Snorlax with Curse. Many of the Pokemon you encounter
will have near standard moves.

-Before you trade Pokemon with your opponent make sure it put up a decent
fight. You will not be able to look at its stats until you actually have it
in your position (meaning you find out too late if you make a bad decision).
You shouldn't really be trading if you're not sure.

-Every trade you make will actually improve the rental Pokemon you will
receive each round, however you need to make a large amount of trades before
any real effect is made so don't just trade for the sake of trading.

-Make sure to balance your team out instead of having three good Pokemon all with the same weakness.

Good Pokemon to Use

-Ghost types (useful for avoiding many different attacks including explosion)
-Near standard Pokemon
-Good items (this is one of few challenges that allows teams of leftovers)

*Although it's not always possible to control this, these are what you should
be aiming for.

Silver Symbol Battle

Factory Head Noland:
Random Pokemon
Random Pokemon
Random Pokemon

Strategy: Since you are given no clues about what Pokemon Noland is going to
use it is difficult to formulate an effective means of actually taking this
guy down. The only way you can actually prepare is by getting a balanced team
and hope you get lucky with what Pokemon you get. Just remember not to have
teams with any glaring weaknesses and expect the unexpected (that may be
cliched but the Factory can be very random). Noland will more than likely to
be using the most effective sets and will probably be using standards and he
will know how to use them. Make sure you have your own balanced team of
standards or at least a balanced team.

CREDITS

Myself

Thanks to the owner of Serebii.net for certain info on the Battle Frontier

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